Saudi Arabia's L'azurde Company for Jewellery, which surged on its trading debut in Riyadh on Wednesday, plans to open 30 shops, almost double the number of its outlets across the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) by 2018, said its top

Butchers across Bahrain have shut down stalls and laid off staff as business continues to decline. Following the lifting of government subsidies on meat on October 1, many butchers reported a dramatic drop in sales, but three months on, most s

Nearly 100 stores will be up and running in a new BD20 million ($52.7 million) waterfront shopping mall in Muharraq, Bahrain on Saturday (February 14).
Seef Mall Muharraq, a joint venture from Seef Properties, The Malls Company an

Goods worth BD40,000 ($105,480) were destroyed when a chain of shops in West Eker, Bahrain went up in smoke early yesterday (November 6) morning.
Lit by a spark from a faulty air conditioning unit, the fire was fed by the inventor

A crackdown on lazy drivers honking their car horns outside shops and restaurants could soon be enshrined in law in Bahrain.
Under a new nationwide draft bill put forward by the Northern Municipal Council, shop assistants and rest

Fire ripped through one of the biggest suqs in Bahrain yesterday (June 2), destroying four popular shops and causing long tailbacks for nearly two hours.
Sixty-five Civil Defence personnel, 18 fire engines and

Colour-coded shop signs of predetermined sizes could soon be introduced across Bahrain in a bid to cut down on storefront clutter and offensive "eyesores".
The proposal comes from the Central Municipal Council, which wan

Colour-coded shop signs of predetermined sizes could soon be introduced across Bahrain in a bid to cut down on storefront clutter and offensive "eyesores".
The proposal comes from the Central Municipal Council, which wan

Saudi Arabia is expected to make shops close at 9 pm instead of midnight later this year, Saudi Gazette reported on Sunday, in a move aimed at encouraging employment by making sales jobs more attractive.
The policy, first announce

The Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) has warned business owners and merchants to avoid responding to calls to close their shops as they will be the only ones in loss.
In a statement, the BCCI urged them to inform th